Diversity questionnaire
The data you provide will be reported anonymously to the SRA broken down by each
role category. The reported data will only be visible to authorised signatories or
organisation contacts for your firm or the firms which are linked to your firm. The SRA
will use the data to publish a diversity breakdown of the profession. This may be
provided at a regional, sector or firm level but the SRA will not publish any information
which could lead to the identification of any person.
Role categories
1. Select one category which best describes your role in the firm.
Please note that reference to solicitors includes Registered European Lawyers and
Registered Foreign Lawyers.
Solicitor partner (sole
practitioner, member
or director)
Members or directors who are not solicitors should be
recorded in the 'Managerial role' category below.
Solicitor (not partner)
All other practising solicitors including assistant
solicitors, associates or consultants.
Other fee earning
role
Includes fee earners such as trainee solicitors,
members of CILEx who are not Chartered Legal
Executives (Fellows) or CILEx Practitioners and
paralegals i.e. those who are not 'authorised persons'.
Role directly
supporting a fee
earner
Includes legal secretaries, administrators, legal
assistants, or non-fee earning paralegals.
IT/HR/other
corporate services
role
Includes non-lawyer managers, directors, or members
and others such as practice managers, finance or
account managers etc.
Not an authorised person and not individuals in a
managerial role - includes finance or accountancy
roles.
Barrister
Individuals authorised by the Bar Standards Board.
Managerial role
Chartered Legal
Executive
(Fellow)/CILEx
Practitioner
Licensed
Conveyancer
People who are authorised by CILEx Regulation
Individuals authorised by the Council for Licensed
Conveyancers.
Patent or Trade Mark
Attorney
Individuals authorised by the Intellectual Property
Regulation Board.
Costs Lawyer
Individuals authorised by the Costs Lawyer Standards
Board.
Notary
Individuals authorised by the Master of the Faculties.
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Prefer not to say
2. Which age category are you in?
16 – 24
25 – 34
35 – 44
45 – 54
55 – 64
65+
Prefer not to say
3. Which gender do you identify with?
Man
Woman
Other preferred description
Prefer not to say
4. Do you consider your own gender identity to be different from that associated
with your sex as registered at birth?
Yes
No
Prefer not to say
5. Do you consider yourself to have a disability according to the definition in the
Equality Act 2010?
The Equality Act defines a disabled person as someone who has a mental or
physical impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the
person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
If you have a condition which fits the Equality Act definition, please tick 'Yes' even if
you are not limited by your condition.
Yes
No
Prefer not to say
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6. Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability
which has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months?
Yes, limited a lot
Yes, limited a little
No
Prefer not to say
7. What is your ethnic group?
Asian/Asian British
Bangladeshi
Chinese
Indian
Pakistani
Any other Asian background
Black/Black British
African
Caribbean
Any other Black background
Mixed/multiple ethnic groups
White and Asian
White and Black African
White and Black Caribbean
White and Chinese
Any other Mixed/multiple
ethnic background
White
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British/English/Welsh/Northern Irish/Scottish
Irish
Gypsy or Irish Traveller
Any other White background
Other ethnic group
Arab
Any other ethnic group
Prefer not to say
Prefer not to say
8. What is your religion or belief?
No religion or belief/Atheist
Buddhist
Christian
Hindu
Jewish
Muslim
Sikh
Any other religion or belief
Prefer not to say
9. What is your sexual orientation?
Bisexual
Gay man
Gay woman/lesbian
Heterosexual/straight
Other
Prefer not to say
10. Did you mainly attend a state or fee paying school between the
ages 11 – 18?
If you changed schools, please base your answer on the last two years of your
education.
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UK State School
UK Independent/Fee-paying School
Attended school outside the UK
Prefer not to say
11. If you went to University (to study a BA, BSc course or higher), were you part
of the first generation of your family to do so?
Yes
No
Did not attend University
Prefer not to say
12. Are you a primary carer for a child or children under 18?
Yes
No
Prefer not to say
13. Do you look after or care for someone with long term physical or mental ill
health caused by disability or age (not in a paid capacity)?
No
Yes, 1 - 19 hours a week
Yes, 20 - 49 hours a week
Yes, 50 or more hours a week
Prefer not to say
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